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The AFL-CIO has designated April 28 as Workers' Memorial Day to remember American worker fatalities on the job. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with Ron Hayes, the founder of FIGHT: Families in Grief Hold Together.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the first day of 107th Senate. Democrats will be in the majority for two weeks, then republicans will take control. Questions remain over whether the two parties can work together.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on President Bush's first day at work in the White House. The president yesterday met with congressional leaders and issued a ban on federal funding for international family planning clinics that support abortion.

NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports on the day's events at the United Nations where the U.S. and Britain seek support in the Security Council for a resolution setting a deadline for Iraq disarmament.

NPR's Scott Simon checks in with A.J. Jacobs, who has finished reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica, for some facts or guesses about Mother's Day.

Every April 20, groups of teens gather to smoke marijuana to mark Four-Twenty, or Stoner's Day. But author and commentator David Marcus says parents shouldn't get mad. Rather, they should use this day as a reason to talk to their kids about what's going on in their lives. Marcus is author of What It Takes To Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on the day's negotiations on Capitol Hill over reopening the federal government. The White House today responded to an offer presented by Republicans last night..with its own counter offer. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers nationwide have been furloughed since Monday.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from Berlin, Germany where May Day demonstrations turned violent today. Police used water cannon and tear gas against left-wing protesters, who had pelted them with cobblestones and set fires in the streets.

Liane Hansen speaks with acoustic blues guitarist orey Harris about his music and his debut album "Between Midnight and Day" Alligator CD 4837). At age 27, Harris' music is evocative of the older blues reats like Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Boy Fuller and Robert Johnson.

Christmas Day often means a number of marquee matches in the National Basketball Association. And fans of the NBA rejoice, today is no different. Host Bob Edwards and Commentator John Feinstein talk about those games, and news from around the league.